CVE-2016-5018
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 10, 2017
- Updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- Reserved
- May 24, 2016
Description
In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 a malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Apache TomcatApache Software Foundation |
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References
- RHSA-2017:1548vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:1549vendor-advisory
- 93942vdb-entry
- RHSA-2017:1552vendor-advisory
- 1038757vdb-entry
- RHSA-2017:2247vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:1551vendor-advisory
- [announce] 20161027 [SECURITY] CVE-2016-5018 Apache Tomcat Security Manager Bypassmailing-list
- 1037142vdb-entry
- RHSA-2017:0457vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:0455vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:1550vendor-advisory
- DSA-3720vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:0456vendor-advisory
- [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [25/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [23/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [22/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [24/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [21/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [16/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [15/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [17/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [16/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [23/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [27/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [26/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/mailing-list
- USN-4557-1vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155873/Tomcat-9.0.0.M1-Sandbox-Escape.html
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